API 17-700-20279OrphanedOil well
Sl 21880 012
Oil well in Cameron County, Louisiana · operated by Creole Operating
Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.
Spud date
Oct 24, 2013
Drilling began
Completion
May 8, 2014
Plug date
—
Total depth
9,496 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 17-700-20279
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (ACT 404 ORPHAN WELL-ENG))
- Type
- Oil(10)
- Field
- Creole Offshore
- County
- Cameron
- Coordinates
- 29.75657, -93.18650
- State record #
- 247159
Operator
- Wells operated
- 16
- Active
- 0
- States
- LA
- As filed
- CREOLE OPERATING, LLC
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sl 18236 001 | 17-700-20249 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Petroleum (Aec), Inc. |
| Sl 6699 001 | 17-700-20140 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcmoran Exploration Company |
| Sl 10144 001 | 17-700-20200 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas Gas Exploration Corp. |
| Sl 5198 001 | 17-700-00415 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern Minerals Corporation |
| Sl 20271 001 | 17-700-20267 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walter Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Sl 18447 001 | 17-700-20253 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mcmoran Oil & Gas LLC |
Dataset updated . Source: Louisiana oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.